Mattress advice for moving a 14 month old to a floor bed

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I have a 14 month old son who will only spend half the night in his cot, he will always end up in our bed at some point. I am not sleeping well as I am worried about him climbing out so would like to transition him into his own double floor bed (as I will inevitably end up in with him most nights) in a baby proofed bedroom.

I purchased this mattress as it matched the firmness required but would also not kill my back - www.roomtogrow.co.uk/product/premium-pocket-sprung-mattress-small-double-120x190cm/

The wrong mattress was delivered, and when I spoke to the sales rep he quite aggressively told me that the one I bought is absolutely not suitable for a toddler.

I have had very severe anxiety around my sons sleeping location (we bought a new mattress for our bed when we were co-sleeping with him as a newborn - it was the most firm and uncomfortable mattress ever. With this in mind, I am trying to figure out if I should get a refund and find a better one or if he is just pushing his luck in getting me to keep the one I have currently (the wrong one).

What are other toddlers sleeping on in floor beds? Any advice?

You need a firm mattress for young babies because they don't have the core strength to lift their airways clear of a soft one, but at 14 months (assuming normal development and he's crawling and pulling himself up and maybe even walking) he'll be absolutely fine on a slightly softer one and you might actually get some decent sleep too. Just put it in the middle of the room so there's not a gap by the wall he could get awkwardly stuck in and a baby gate on the door.

Thank you for taking the time to reply, that is very helpful. I will tell my anxiety to calm down.

Yes, we have a baby gate, a floor bedframe with sides so he cannot roll out and we will fix all the furniture to the wall.

I am not sure what the sales rep was talking about, but he made me feel like a terrible mother!! He said something about him using it as a trampoline... then told me off for co sleeping...?! As if we don't feel judged and worried enough!

But thank you for the reassurance, hopefully decent sleep is in my future!!

He sounds bonkers! I never had a cot for either of mine, we had a mattress on the floor and bedshared from the start (well, half way through night one with my first baby when I quickly realised his opinion on the moses basket!).
Also floor bed trampolining is great fun! Just make it a morning activity, not a just-before-bed activity or he'll be super razzed up 😂

That is the exact same mattress we got! We switched to a small double floor bed back in February/March (DS was around 17 months) and he loves it. He’s slowly lengthened the time he’ll sleep in there by himself and now he will sleep through to 5am at which point I get in there with him. It’s incredible to me as for so long we were a co-sleeping, frequent waking dyad.

Ignore the foolish salesman!

The depth of the mattress is spot on, not too deep for a floor bed, pocket sprung is much better than foam (more comfortable and easier for you to roll off without baby noticing), the firm-ness is right, honestly what a prat!!